Hacker Remix

The Family Bass - Music with an NES

138 points by rcarmo 17 hours ago | 10 comments

ethagknight 4 hours ago

So many other videos are amazing as well. I am blown away.

https://www.linusakesson.net/music/vivaldi-summer-presto/ind... https://www.linusakesson.net/music/withering-bytes/index.php

RamRodification 10 hours ago

This was great.

I always recommend watching his old Chipophone video (homemade 8-bit synthesizer from a repurposed old electronic organ). He has made many cool instruments since. Some of which maybe more tehcnically impressive, I can't tell. But this one is probably still on my all time top 10 "most enjoyment from watching a Youtube video" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1pchpDD5EU

Such cool sounds and he plays it well!

klodolph 9 hours ago

For those who want to try it out, you can also access these sounds in a somewhat easier way by using an NES audio emulator in your favorite DAW, or by using one of the various tracker programs:

https://www.mattmontag.com/projects-page/nintendo-vst

http://famitracker.com

xxr 3 hours ago

This one lets you play the bass on the left hand of a keyboard and the square waves (should really be PWM) on the right hand:

https://aframe.itch.io/famikondo

mock-possum 8 hours ago

Further, FYI: famitracker has a few different variants, with DN–famitracker being the fork, currently closest to accurately reproducing, the NES and the most common extant sound expansion chips: https://github.com/Dn-Programming-Core-Management/Dn-FamiTra...

And Famistudio is an excellent alternative if you prefer composing on a piano roll: https://famistudio.org

Dwedit 2 hours ago

Seems like a homebrew program that uses the Miracle Piano would be a lot nicer to use than a Famicom keyboard.